Small round covered koa wood bowl with incurving body and rounded bottom. Flat round cover.
covered bowls
koa (wood)
Polynesian
Bowl
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
3 1/2 (H), 3 1/2 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.1538AB
Probably Hawaii (United States)
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